
Some divorce specialists believe the cost of living crisis will push divorce numbers up, even after a decade-high number of applications between April-June.
(Picture: Rolandas Misius / Alamy / PA)Divorce specialists are predicting that the brutal squeeze on household finances will push marriage breakdown rates up, even after they hit a 10-year high.
New data from the Ministry of Justice shows that there were more than 33,200 applications between April and June, which statisticians called the “highest number of applictions in a decade”.